Sports report

Sunday

Toronto FC scored three goals in a 20-minute span of the second half to beat visiting D.C. United 4-1 in a meeting of the two worst teams in Major League Soccer.

Soccer

Toronto halts winless streak at eight games

Toronto FC scored three goals in a 20-minute span of the second half to beat visiting D.C. United 4-1 in a meeting of the two worst teams in Major League Soccer.

The win snapped an eight-game league winless streak for Toronto. D.C. hasn’t won in eight games.

Bright Dike, Alvaro Rey and Darel Russell scored for Toronto, which also got an own goal. Midfielder Jared Jeffrey scored for United.

Elsewhere

Big underdog wins Gold Cup Invitational at Belmont

Ron the Greek, a 21-1 long shot, pulled an upset in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational at Belmont Park in New York.

Shooting through a huge opening on the rail at the top of stretch, Ron the Greek sprinted away from Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice to a decisive 63/4-length victory.

Jose Lezcano was aboard for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, who also finished third in the race with Flat Out, winner of the past two renewals of this race.

• Mucho Macho Man tuned up for another try in the Breeders’ Cup, winning the $250,000 Awesome Again Stakes by 41/4 lengths at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens earned back-to-back Grade 1 wins aboard Mucho Macho Man and Beholder in the Zenyatta Stakes, two of the five Grade 1 races with Breeders’ Cup implications at the host track for the world championships.

Mucho Macho Man ran 11/8 miles in 1 minute, 48.30 seconds as the 9-5 favorite in the field of 10.

• Washington Wizards rookie Otto Porter was limited when the team opened camp to riding a stationary bike because of a right hip flexor injury.

Porter, the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, said he slipped during a recent voluntary pickup game.

— From wire reports

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